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Marc Palm

Marc J Palm facilitates the anthology DUNE mini comics that happens monthly at Hugo House. A freelance illustrator for magazines like MAD, Metrograph, and Public Display.Art, Marc was the head organizer and publisher

Melika Bokaie

Melika Bokaie was born in December 1997 in Tehran. She studied dramatic arts and has spent several years teaching English to children. Passionate about travel, performance, and storytelling, Melika has

Laura Da

Laura Da’ is a poet and teacher. A lifetime resident of the Pacific Northwest, Da’ studied creative writing at the University of Washington and The Institute of American Indian Arts.

Anastacia Renee

Anastacia-Reneé (She/They) is a queer writer, educator, interdisciplinary artist, speaker and podcaster. She is the author of (v.) (Black Ocean) and Forget It (Black Radish) and, Here in the (Middle) of Nowhere and Sidenotes from the Archivist, forthcoming from

Jose Hernandez Diaz

Jose Hernandez Diaz is a 2017 NEA Poetry Fellow. He is the author of The Fire Eater (Texas Review Press, 2020). His work appears in Poetry, The Southern Review, The

Coleman Andersen

Coleman is a cofounder of a local game studio and a community organizer for Seattle Indies. He has a big interest for procedural stories in games and runs a monthly